Now I know what you’re thinking. Sandbar is a pony just like me, and I can’t possibly bring myself to ever take revenge on a fellow pony, can I? Well, you’re wrong! Sandbar is the worst of the lot, because he’s a pony like me and should have done everything I said but instead he chose to side with his dumb friends! If it wasn’t for him they’d have all been locked in their room and never would have stopped me! It’s basically his fault that I’m even in this dumb cave and taking orders from an old goat.
So he’ll be the next one into the throne room. The first thing he’ll see is Silverstream in her fish bowl up in the ceiling, stuck up there and forced to watch as my next victim is brought in by my Cozy Guard – oh, hang on, I’ve got the uniform designs for them all picked out! What do you think?
I don’t see the point of uniforms.
I don’t see the point of minions.
Well, fine, but you have to admit that the bows will really help sell the whole outfit. Speaking of bows, the Cozy Guard will bring him in and put him in front of my throne. He’ll be all dejected and defeated just like Silverstream, but Silverstream never shuts up but Sandbar is more likely to just clam up like the turtles he’s got on his flank. I won’t even need to break his spirit, it’ll already be broken! And that’s when I’ll put my plan in action!
He’s going to be my maid!
…okay but why, though?
Heeheehee, you’ll love this. See, Sandbar doesn’t just attend the school, he actually lives in Ponyville, his mother and father and little sister all live there. I can get to his family so easily, once I’m ruling my own slice of Equestria! So I’ll have his family hostage, his mom and dad and little sister, and if Sandbar doesn’t do everything I say then I’ll take it out on them! Oh, and his mom and dad will also be my maids, and Coral – that’s his sister, she’s just a little filly, like a yearling, I think – can be my little friend!
Okay, I understand that…what I’m not understanding is why he’s your maid, or why you want him as your maid. And why that’s a good form of revenge. This hippogriff mare gets stuck in a fishbowl for the rest of her life, but you let the pony just wander around almost freely cleaning up after your messes?
You’re not thinking long-term, Chrysalis! I mentioned Coral, didn’t I? I’m going to be her very best friend! She’s just a little filly and doesn’t know anything yet, but she’ll be by my side! I’ll heap all sorts of praise on her and I’ll play games with her, and make sure that she is trained in all sorts of martial arts so that she becomes a ninja –
Wait, what?
And Sandbar will only be able to watch as I turn his little sister into my most loyal and trusted minion!
What’s a ninja?
It’s a kind of spice.
That’s ginger.
Is it? My mistake.
How do you not know that?
I told you I wasn’t much of a cook –
A “ninja” is what Coral will be! She’ll take out my enemies and sabotage my foes! I read about them in this Power Ponies comic, they were fighting ninjas belonging to the Hoof clan. But in any event, you see what I’m going for, right? Making Sandbar’s little sister into my trusted minion will be the worst pain I could inflict upon him! Mwuhahahahahahaha!
What if her loyalty to her brother is stronger than her loyalty to you and she turns on you?
My personal experience is the opposite.
…moving on!